Gregory Jaczko announces resignation from NRC

Republicans have been upset with Jaczko for his handling of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada. Obama and Congress have moved to cut funding for the project, but Jaczko then moved to shut down a technical review, which has led to a lawsuit in federal court.

Jackzo also ruffled feathers during the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan last year when he declared an emergency in the United States, which, under a post-Three Mile Island law, transfers much of the agency’s authority to the chairman. And he began making public pronouncements about the crisis that differed from what was coming from the Japanese government, such as urging evacuations for all U.S. citizens within a 50-mile radius of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi power plant, rather than the roughly 12-mile evacuation radius that Japanese officials had declared at the time.

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Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) said, “It was right of him to step down today,” adding that “the NRC can focus on its mission of safety without the distractions of Jaczko’s inappropriate behavior.”

Filling the NRC chairman role will inevitably go through Reid, who has been maneuvering to hold up Yucca Mountain since the so-called Screw Nevada law passed in 1987 designating the site as the nation’s sole nuclear waste repository.

In 2005, Reid held up several other presidential appointments to get Jaczko — who served as his appropriations director and science policy adviser — appointed to the NRC as part of a deal with the George W. Bush White House, packaging him with Republican appointee Peter Lyons as recess appointments. Jaczko was subsequently named to a full term, allowing Obama to elevate Jaczko to chairman in 2009.

In a statement Monday, Reid said Jaczko “dedicated his tenure to improving the safety of nuclear energy, and his leadership during the Fukushima nuclear crisis protected millions of Americans.” Reid added, “I am confident whomever replaces Chairman Jaczko will share his commitment to protecting the safety of the American people over the interests of a single industry.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Jaczko was attacked for promoting safety. “For his efforts to hold the nuclear industry accountable, Chairman Jaczko was subjected to repeated personal attacks made by some of his colleagues and pro-industry advocates in Congress,” he said.

Darius Dixon -- and his EDITOR -- should both be fined the day's pay for letting this article go through.

The acronym "NRC" appears six times -- NOT ONCE IS IT EXPLAINED. The closest they came was to call it a nuclear safety panel.

The name "Harry Reid" is mentioned . . .I guess we're supposed to just KNOW that Dixon was referring to the Senate Majority Leader, Democrat Harry Reid (the way he's described in Politico articles which make him look good).

If this article had been handed into my high school journalism teacher, she would have read it then held out her hand for the second page -- her subtle way of saying that there's no way that one of HER students would IMAGINE that the article was complete and ready to print.

To paraphrase one of her favorite sayings, "If the reader knew what you know, they wouldn't need to read what you write!" She taught us to write for "that Little Green Man who just landed his flying saucer and picked up a newspaper to find out all about Earth."

A GOP candidate, Obama?? Nuclear energy should be shut down as other safe, green energy is invested in and developed. How about nominating someone who will insist on sane regulation and closing of plants that are not safe.

The forth coming report focus in on his attitude towards women . WHAT, A DEMOCRAT HAS A WAR ON WOMEN????????? That would interfere with the DNC claim that it is the Republicans that have a war on women.

So he had to be thrown under the bus. Obama is going to need a bigger bus, soon there will have to be room for Lisa Jackson from the EPA and Chu from the energy dept.

The forth coming report focus in on his attitude towards women . WHAT, A DEMOCRAT HAS A WAR ON WOMEN????????? That would interfere with the DNC claim that it is the Republicans that have a war on women.

So he had to be thrown under the bus. Obama is going to need a bigger bus, soon there will have to be room for Lisa Jackson from the EPA and Chu from the energy dept.

With time, Eric Holder will be under that bus as well. Ideologues of any persuasion....right or left...should never be permitted to assume the reins of power. Obama has demonstrated (1) he is an ideologue and (2) he appointed nothing but ideologues to his Administration. One can only hope that the informed electorate throws Obama under the bus in November. Unfortunately, there just may be enough of the chronically clueless to give him four more.

“The president appreciates Chairman Jaczko’s service and efforts to further the mission of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission — to license and regulate the nation’s use of nuclear materials,” Stevens said in an email.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Jaczko was attacked for promoting safety. "For his efforts to hold the nuclear industry accountable, Chairman Jaczko was subjected to repeated personal attacks made by some of his colleagues and pro-industry advocates in Congress,” he said.

So Bernie, you just discount what four of his direct reports claimed? Everything you don't agree with is a conspiracy. I'm sure if the four who made the claim resigned, you would be cheering. Please have enough class and don't run for reelection. But then again those of us from the "flatlands" don't have the mental capacity all of you from Vermont have. Thanks goodness.

This is a Post from another Politico thread earlier today. This poster thinks you are incorrect about "Green Energy". I agree with him because he appears to be expressing an opinion that is based in SCIENCE, not hot air!

You said... "Green" energy is a fantasy. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Most importantly - "green" energy is simply incapable of producing the amount of energy this nation needs....

He says!

BurningBush Party: Independent Reply #3 May. 21, 2012 - 1:35 AM EST The Entire World's Energy Needs Can Easily Be Provided By A Combination Of Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Tidal/River Water Flows And Hydrogen & Oxygen Extracted From Water Using Electricity FromThose Energy Sources. Such A system Would NOT Necessarily Depend On Electric Motors To Run Motor Vehicles. Hydrogen & Oxygen Power The Space Shuttle, And Conventional Internal Combustion Engines And Conventional Power-Plant Boilers Can Also Be Easily Be Modified To Run On Them.

The Main Naysayer Argument Against Solar And Wind Power Is That The Sun Doesn't Always Shine And The Wind Doesn't Always Blow. That Is A Red Herring! If There Are Enough Solar & Wind Plants To Produce Excess Power When The Sun DOES Shine, And The Wind Does Blow, And That Excess Power Is Stored In A Number Of Ways, Including As Compressed Hydrogen And Oxygen, Compressed Air, Batteries, Etc., AND Geothermal Power Plants Are Built Everywhere By Drilling Deep, Geothermal Wells To Power Electrical Turbines (Hot Rock Exists On Most Of The Earth's Crust At Depths Routinely Drilled To For Oil & Gas). Geothermal Heat IS 24/7/365.

A System Such As I Outline Here Would Be Expensive To Convert To, And Private Enterprise, Especially the Existing Dirty-Energy Companies, Who Are Making Immense Profits By Gouging Captive Consumers For Fuels Which Poison Our Air, Water And Soil, And Which Are Expensive To Drill. Mine, Refine And Transport, Unless You Own The Drilling, Miming Refining And Transportation Companies. Then, All Those Steps Are PROFITABLE!

Once We Have Installed The Infrastructure To Exploit The Energy Sources I Delineate Above, The Energy Sources THEMSELVES Are FREE! Exxon, Chevron, Xcel Energy, Etc. DON'T LIKE FREE! They Make $TRILLIONS$ From "Not-Free"! Those "Multi-National" Mega-Corporations Acknowledge No Allegiance To ANY Nation Or People. It Is In Their Interests To Prevent The Proliferation Of Clean, Free Energy Production. It Would Cost No More Than Is Currently Being Spent On Coal, Oil, Gas & Nuclear Energy Development To Install The Infrastructure To Do This.

If You Think It Would Be "Too Expensive" For Governments To Subsidize Companies To Install The Infrastructure To Exploit The Clean, Abundant, Inexhaustible & FREE Energy Sources, What Are Non-Toxic Air, Water And Soil WORTH?

"Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chairman Gregory Jaczko announced Monday he will resign, effective on the confirmation of a successor, after years of criticism and allegations of inappropriate behavior toward women." From the freebeacon.com We all know the democrats and Obama have the WAR ON WOMEN. It's been known for awhile...yet they try to blame the republicans. Why else would the Obama administration pay women less than they pay the men for the very same job.

Darius Dixon -- and his EDITOR -- should both be fined the day's pay for letting this article go through.

The acronym "NRC" appears six times -- NOT ONCE IS IT EXPLAINED. The closest they came was to call it a nuclear safety panel.

Ah, so you would demand similar "explanation" every time an article makes reference to the FBI, the CIA, the FCC, the SEC, the DOD, the IRS, and all of the other government agencies, commissions, and departments that are commonly described by way of their initials?

The constant radiation spewing and following the tradewinds to the NW coast of the US and Canada and the amazing spike in infant mortality there.

The ongoing poisoning of the Pacific Ocean.

If Reactor 4 melts down, there is no known technology, given the site conditions, to cure the problem a la Chernobyl; the end of life on the planet within 50 years?

As a previous member of the nuclear industry, I can certifiably say that such correlations are blatantly stupid.

The amount of radiation exposure ANY locals are getting in accordance with even a relatively close proximity (within 10 miles) is less than you would get on your average plane ride (as you are not being protected by cloud cover). This is the same duck and cover nonsense that had people in California buying talcum powder under the assumption (false) that somehow putting it in your hair would prevent your hair from falling out after one of the first reactors melted down. The total devastation caused by the reactors is dwarfed by the total damage of the tsunami.

The cure, as was with Chernobyl, is to encase the core in concrete. If not encased, then to bury it in the ground. Furthermore, the amount of radioactive products that could survive a trip from Japan to the US or Canada without decaying (due to half-life) is laughably small. Keep your schitzophrenic ramblings to yourself please.